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#BDE4BA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDE4BA

With the hex code #BDE4BA, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 89% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 12.0 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E1BAE4, a lilac shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green228
Blue186

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.0
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BDE4BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDE4BA.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDE4BA.
14.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDE4BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDE4BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DCB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D8BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BAE1D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDE4BA?

With the hex code #BDE4BA, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 89% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDE4BA?

Use black text. Black on #BDE4BA has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDE4BA?

Its complementary colour is #E1BAE4, and analogous partners are #D2E4BA and #BAE4CC.